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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
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Honesty and Racism: An Odd Mix
Crispin Sartwell's book is not only bravely honest, but it also causes readers to be honest with themselves. As a white man in the south who both feared and romanticized Americans of African descent, I found Crispin's book to be illustrative not only of the epistemology that he frankly addresses, but of my own hidden feelings. Rarely can I point to a single book and...
Published on April 5, 1999
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2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
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a good project but........
I think that it's really great that academics are starting to look at majority groups (whites, men, straights) as they do minority ones. And the intro of this book makes the author sound like a progressive, cool guy. However, I am not convinced that these biographies speak of whiteness as he claims they do. I preferred "Critical White Studies" and "Was...
Published on December 16, 2001
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20 of 22 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Honesty and Racism: An Odd Mix,
By A Customer
This review is from: Act Like You Know: African-American Autobiography and White Identity (Hardcover)
Crispin Sartwell's book is not only bravely honest, but it also causes readers to be honest with themselves. As a white man in the south who both feared and romanticized Americans of African descent, I found Crispin's book to be illustrative not only of the epistemology that he frankly addresses, but of my own hidden feelings. Rarely can I point to a single book and say that it changed how I view myself, but this one has.
2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
a good project but........,
By A Customer
This review is from: Act Like You Know: African-American Autobiography and White Identity (Hardcover)
I think that it's really great that academics are starting to look at majority groups (whites, men, straights) as they do minority ones. And the intro of this book makes the author sound like a progressive, cool guy. However, I am not convinced that these biographies speak of whiteness as he claims they do. I preferred "Critical White Studies" and "Was Blind But Now I See" over this book. In addition, "Stiffed" and "The Invention of Heterosexuality" are better books as well. This was a great project that turned into a book that will just collect dust on my shelf.
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Act Like You Know: African-American Autobiography and White Identity by Crispin Sartwell (Hardcover - July 20, 1998)
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